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Karen Ruffle, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
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Karen Ruffle joined the University of Miami in 2007 and teaches courses in Islamic studies and religions of South Asia. Her research interests focus on Shi`i devotional literature and ritual in India and Iran where she has completed ethnographic fieldwork and archival research on the development and Indianization of Muharram. She has additional interests in gender theory and expressions of sainthood. In addition to offering Introduction to Islam (REL 171) each year, she offers an introductory course on the religions of South Asia (REL 331), and seminars on Islam and Gender (REL 406), Islam in Modern Times (REL 370), and Epic Traditions (REL 406).
